Download Distinctive plants for Creative Gardener

Deer Resistant Perennials
Plants usually available from Gardens Gardens
Name of plant
Aconitum - Monkshood
Achillea---yarrow
Aquilegia canadensis--columbine
Allium-----chives Lots of varieties
Amsonia -Blue milkweed
Artemesia----Wormwood
Aruncus ------Goatsbeard
Ascelpias----Butterfly Weed
Astilbe pumila
Baptisia---False Indigo
Boltonia asteroides--Boltonia
Buddleia davidii--Butterfly Bush
Centranthus Valerian
Chelone--Turtle Head
Cimicifuga racemosa--Bugbane
Coreopsis spp.
Corydalis lutea
Dianthus spp.--Pinks
Dicentra
Dictamus albus-- Gas Plant
Digitalis
Echinacea purpurea--Cone Flower
Echinops--Globe Thistle
Epimedium spp (Barrenwort)
Eupatorium spp--Joe -Pye Weed
Ferns
Filapendula spp. Queen of the Prairie
Gallium odorata
Geranium macrorhizum
Geum spp.
Helleborus—Hellebore
Herbs Mint,rosemary feverfew,oregano,
lemon balm, chives
Hesperis Dames Rocket
Heuchera (Coral bells)
Hibiscus
Homulus Hops
Hypericum spp (Some act as perennials)
Iris (Siberian and Japanese)
Lamium (dead nettles)
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Biennial / seeds itself
Huge variety
Poisonous- mid summer/ fall varieties
New colors available
Some will seed themselves
Early and late flowering
Yellow fall color/ Smaller varieties
Silver foliage. Some spread rapidly
Astilbe like/ smaller varieties
Fluffy flowers/ native
Needs shade/ moisture
Easy to grow/ new varieties
Tall fall perennial
Hardiness?
Delicate flowers
Likes moist soil
Lateflowers/stately foliage
Threadleaf hardy –lots of new colors
Great foliage/ ever blooms
Low growing
Long blooming
Don’t move
Biennial/perennials
Lots of new colors
Silver foliage blue flowers
Great ground covers
6’ perennial/ smaller varieties
Excellent
Spreads in woodland
Spraeds quickly
Fragrant foliage
Orange or yellow
May need winter protection
Anything fragrant is good
Very aggressive
New varieties great
Don’t over fertilize
Great ground cover
Lamiastrum
Lavandula spp--Lavender
Ligularia
Liatris spicata--Spike Gayfeather
Limonium latifolium--Statice
Linum
Lupinus spp.—Lupines
Lychnis
Lysimachia Loosestrife
Matteuccia--Ostrich Fern
Mitchella repens--PartridgeBerry
Monarda didyma—Beebalm
Myostis---Forget Me not
Narcissus---Daffodil
Nepeta spp.-- Catmint
Oenothera spp. --Evening Primrose
Origanum spp--Oregano
Papaver orientalis--Poppy
Peony (garden/tree/intersectional)
Perovskia
Phalaris---Ribbon Grass
Phlox subulata
Physostegia (Obedient Plant)
Polemonium caer.--Jacobs Ladder
Pulmonaria--Lungwort
Ranunculus spp. --Buttercup
Salvia
Saponaria spp.—Soapwort
Sedums Low varieties
Scilla spp--Scilla
Solidago spp. Golden Rod
Stachys byzantina---Lambs Ears
Tanecetum tansy
Thalictrum Meadow rue
Tiarella
Tradescantia – spider wort
Trillium
Veronica Speedwell
Viola labrador
Grasses
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Greystone Gardens 829 Old State Road Clarks Summit
"Distinctive plants for Creative Gardener"
Phone 570 586 5493
Updated June 2016
More Information:
www.GreystoneGardens.biz
Some varieties spread !
Needs sunshine
Summer flowers
Watch for rodent damage
Cut flowers
Not always long lived
Watch for snail damage
Can re seed
Some can be invasive
Great woodland foliage
Not always easy to grow
Spreads- needs moisture
Biennial reseeds it self
Plant thousands
Flowers all summer
Some are spreaders
Fragrant herb
Early summer flowers
Lots of varieties
Late blooms / drainage
Invasive in moist conditions
Creeping phlox
Miss manners
Under used gem
Early foliage and flowers
Trim for rebloom
Rock garden plant
Great ground covers
Will colonize
Try the more ornamental!
Unbeatable silver foliage
Yellow leafed varieties
Shade and nice ferny leaves
Long blooming season
Foliage and color
Native flower
Many varieties
Spring flowers- reseeds
Great selection available